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The US and European countries are developing a peace plan for Ukraine that would freeze fighting along the current front line while combining reconstruction funding, security guarantees, and a potential energy arrangement involving Russia, The Washington Post reported on October 12.
The initiative is being shaped by US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff together with European partners, according to the report. The proposal is built around expanding the settlement beyond a ceasefire to include economic and security incentives for both Ukraine and Russia.
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The Kremlin has already recently rejected Zelenskyy’s proposal for a 60-day ceasefire that would allow Ukraine to hold presidential elections. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated that Moscow does not want a temporary ceasefire, even as Zelenskyy accused Russia of already violating the proposed energy arrangement.
One part of the new peace plan would establish a large-scale reconstruction framework for Ukraine. The World Bank and BlackRock are involved in efforts to create a financing structure for rebuilding damaged areas, supporting families of killed and wounded service members, and restoring the Ukrainian economy, The Washington Post noted.
The security component would require the US and European countries to respond militarily if Russia attacked Ukraine again. A US official described the proposed commitment as effectively equivalent to NATO’s Article 5 collective defense guarantee.
The Washington Post reported that another element under discussion concerns energy cooperation. One option involves a pipeline carrying Russian oil and gas to Europe, with revenues potentially shared between Ukraine and Russia, while the plan would also establish conditions and a timetable for lifting sanctions on Moscow.
The ceasefire component would halt fighting along the current front line. Under that arrangement, territories presently occupied by Russia, including parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, would remain under Russian control while negotiations continued.
The outlet also noted that the proposal is complicated by doubts over whether the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, is prepared to accept a settlement.
US President Donald Trump recently announced a deal with the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, to release millions of tons of Russian diesel onto US and global markets, while Washington has also pressed Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian refineries. Zelenskyy stated that Kyiv would stop those attacks only if Russia ended its own strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
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